MICHELANGELO
“The last judgment”, 1537-41
1370- 1220 cm. - fresco in the Sistine Chapel
Although such title can be highly disputed, it's possible that Michelangelo Buonarroti was the most important artist who ever lived. Prototype of a Renaissance genius, vigorous and even irate, he tackles colossal projects in painting, sculpture and architecture, creating masterpieces in all those fields.
The frescoes that Michelangelo painted in the Sistine Chapel constitute one of the supreme masterworks of the universal Art. The scene of “the last judgment”, in which he worked during four years, is a colossal composition in which the vigorous Michelangelo creates a universe of titans, formed by almost sculptural volumes, which help us to understand why the artist signed his works with a “Michelangelo, sculptor”
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